Ted Turner, one of the Greats of All Time, just died. He founded CNN, sold it, and was personally devastated by the Deal because the new ownership took CNN, his "baby,” and destroyed it. It became woke, and everything that he is not all about. Maybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory. Regardless, however, one of the Greats of Broadcast History, and a friend of mine. Whenever I needed him, he was there, always willing to fight for a good cause! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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That showed class. But then Trump operates much more along the lines of personal relationships and disregards politics except where the former is involved and he's insulted. I like that about Trump in a way but he makes a lot of political mistakes.
Politics is, after all, the father of hypocrisy and you have to act all lovey-dovey towards people you hate and who hated you.
That said, Ted Turner was a huge part of America's problem and it won't be worse without him here BUT we can still say a prayer for his soul (which may well require quite a bit of prayer to save). So in the interest of Christian charity I offer these words:
Eternal rest grant unto him, o Lord, and let the perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 06, 2026 07:38 PM (ja9sb)
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Well, I'm from Georgia and am an avid sailor, big fan of the America's Cup (before it went insane with this foiling nonsense), so you have to cut me some slack.
Posted by: bill H. at May 06, 2026 10:46 PM (FRG6e)
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I do believe you are right Dana. Hard to reason with a guy like that.
I didn't know you were from Georgia originally Bill! Lovely state. And I guess it makes sense you are a sailor, having been in the Navy and all. I always wished to learn sailing but around here there aren't many places you can do it and I never had the money anyway. There's a lake in Illinois about an hour away that people use for sailing but I've heard it's kind of lame. We do have the Mississippi river and some people sail on it (up near the Altonn pool, which is lake-like) but not very often.